Ohkawa S, Martin L N, Fukunishi Y, Gormus B J
Clin Exp Immunol. 1987 Jan;67(1):43-50.
We investigated nine rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) inoculated with Mycobacterium leprae and three normal human contacts. Peripheral blood monocytes were separated into Fc receptor positive (FcR+) and Fc receptor negative (FcR-) fractions, and their regulatory role in the lymphoproliferative response in vitro to M. leprae was studied. FcR- monocytes had strong antigen presentation activity and produced no suppressor effect while FcR+ monocytes had weak antigen presentation activity and produced a non-specific suppressor factor spontaneously. With this assay system we determined that M. leprae-inoculated rhesus monkeys could be divided into three groups: good responders, very weak responders, and non-responders.
我们研究了9只接种麻风分枝杆菌的恒河猴(猕猴)和3名正常人类接触者。外周血单核细胞被分离为Fc受体阳性(FcR+)和Fc受体阴性(FcR-)组分,并研究了它们在体外对麻风分枝杆菌的淋巴细胞增殖反应中的调节作用。FcR-单核细胞具有较强的抗原呈递活性且不产生抑制作用,而FcR+单核细胞具有较弱的抗原呈递活性并自发产生非特异性抑制因子。通过该检测系统,我们确定接种麻风分枝杆菌的恒河猴可分为三组:良好反应者、非常弱反应者和无反应者。